PHOTOGRAPHER

Josef Sudek

1896 - 1976

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Josef Sudek (17 March 1896 – 15 September 1976) was a Czech photographer, best known for his photographs of Prague. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Sudek has received more than 151,696 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Josef Sudek is the 44th most popular photographer (down from 42nd in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 277th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Josef Sudeks by language

Over the past year Josef Sudek has had the most page views in the with 13,149 views, followed by Czech (11,814), and German (2,686). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (32.10%), Macedonian (11.19%), and Czech (2.37%)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Josef Sudek ranks 44 out of 148. Before him are Peter Lindbergh, Andreas Gursky, Philippe Halsman, Astrid Kirchherr, Carl Van Vechten, and Paul Strand. After him are Oliviero Toscani, Hippolyte Bayard, Herb Ritts, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Patrick Demarchelier, and Daidō Moriyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Josef Sudek ranks 107. Before him are Hans Cramer, Pierre Jeanneret, William A. Wellman, Charlie Rivel, Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, and Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov. After him are André Hunebelle, Richard Thorpe, Boris Podolsky, Na Hye-sok, Eduardo Lonardi, and Léonide Massine. Among people deceased in 1976, Josef Sudek ranks 92. Before him are Rudolf Kempe, Mikhail Katukov, Mukaghali Makatayev, Elihan Tore, Paul Strand, and Howlin' Wolf. After him are Grégoire Kayibanda, Oscar Bonavena, Tommy Bolin, Evert Taube, Wilhelm Marschall, and Wilder Penfield.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Sudek ranks 286 out of 1,200. Before him are Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1246), Maria Restituta Kafka (1894), Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia (1204), Josef Blösche (1912), and Vítězslav Nezval (1900). After him are Karel Škréta (1610), Elisabeth of Bohemia (1358), Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863), Tomáš Špidlík (1919), Karel Kramář (1860), and Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1862).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Czechia

Among photographers born in Czechia, Josef Sudek ranks 3. Before him are Josef Koudelka (1938), and Jan Saudek (1935). After him are František Drtikol (1883).

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